“A deliberately planned attack to ensure that the Olympic team medal went to the American team”; “Burn in hell, bitches.” Russian coaches and functionaries about the decision on Valieva’s case
Translation of the comments made by Russian figure skating leadership and coaches regarding the CAS decision to [...]
“There are only a few foreign skaters in women’s skating who are pleasant to watch and who do not perform content from 30 years ago.” The general director of the Figure Skating Federation of Russia
Translation of Alexander Koga's comments about state of women's single skating. original source: Match TV photo [...]
Alexander Kogan: “Today, the first stage of the ISU Grand Prix ‘Skate America’ begins, in which our athletes are not participating, but coaches with Russian passports are.”
Translation of the general director of the Figure Skating Federation of Russia, Alexander Kogan's comments about the [...]
“He ruined the career of the girl and the coach!” Tarasova and Kogan about the news that coaches have been forbidden to work with Valeriy Angelopol.
Translation of comments from Tatiana Tarasova, Alexander Kogan and Valeriy Angelopol himself regarding the recent news [...]
“In the ISU, Americans and Canadians hold dominant positions, and frankly, they don’t like us. They’ve decided to treat themselves to more medals for another year.” Russians about ISU decision to uphold the ban
Translation of the comments made by Russian functionaries regarding the ISU decision to upheld the ban. photo [...]
“I couldn’t even imagine that they would punish us so severely. It’s just mockery towards us.” ISU has extended the suspension of Russian skaters, comments from Russian specialists
The International Skating Union (ISU) has extended the suspension of Russians and Belarusians. Comments from Russian [...]
“We’re not letting him go. We have invested a huge amount of money in him.” FFKR has denied Russian figure skater Dario Cirisano’s request to change his sporting citizenship
The Figure Skating Federation of Russia (FFKR) has denied Russian figure skater Dario Cirisano's request to change his [...]
“Of course, there are still connections, and work is ongoing.” Russia got quotas from the ISU for participation in the junior Grand Prix in case they are allowed to compete
The International Skating Union (ISU) has allocated quotas for the participation of Russian figure skaters in the [...]
The issue of admission of Russian skaters will not be discussed at the ISU conference this March
The issue of admission of Russian athletes will not be discussed at the ISU conference. photo EPA source: [...]
“To say that we won’t notice their absence is an insult. To say that we’ll notice … Why won’t they participate then?” Tarasova and Kogan about the participation of Diana Davis and Gleb Smolkin in the Russian Nationals
Director General of the Russian Figure Skating Federation (FFKR) Alexander Kogan and Tatiana Tarasova spoke about the [...]
“This is bullshit! They cannot be American skaters, they are our skaters. There can be no requests about their transfer.” Russian experts about Davis / Smolkin becoming a members of US skating clubs
Russian experts about information that Diana Davis and Gleb Smolkin will switch to US national team. View [...]
“They began to understand that competitions without Russian athletes are uninteresting and inferior.” Tarasova, Rodnina, Kogan commented on the words of Richard McLaren
Tarasova, Rodnina and Kogan commented on the words of Richard McLaren about the ban of Russian athletes from [...]
“There are problems of physical and mental coaching abuse in figure skating and always have been.” Interview with Director General of Russian Figure skating federation Alexander Kogan
Interview with Director General of Russian Figure skating federation Alexander Kogan. photo RIA Novosti Alexander [...]